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HARTFORD – Millions of dollars in outside political money from the right and left is flooding into Connecticut, with the latest installment a $1.17 million contribution of "dark money" from a nonprofit conservative group in Ohio called A Public Voice.

That money has gone into the coffers of Grow Connecticut, a political action committee associated with national Republicans that is financing ads aimed at defeating Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy.

By sending money to Grow Connecticut, the leaders of A Public Voice avoided a recently approved state law that would require them to reveal who their contributors are. The ability to conceal who is actually providing the...

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